The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-11
THE MABBITT MYSTERY.
The Mother of the Missing Girl Identifies the
Remains as Those of Her Daughter Luella.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind. Feb. lO-This morning
Mrs. William Mabbitt viewed the remains Of the
woman found in the Wabash river Sunday.
1t was an affecting scene. The venerable mother.
who for six long months has been nearly dis
tracted over the loss of her daughter. stood be-
side the open coffin and gazed long and search<
ingly at the wasted remains, as if endeavorinE.
to call up every feature and outline OF the miss
ing girl. Then she broke completely down, muir
muring: 1T is my daughter Lou'
The gray haired, white bearded father, his
form bent with years; the heart broken mother.
whose cup Of misery seemed to be overlooking:
the twin sister OF the missing girl grouped about
the coffin, was q sad. sad sight.
Mrs. Mabbitt. Wednesday evening, gave
very minute description of the mouth and teeth
of her missing girl. She described the teeth
that were gone, and the one that was decayed,
ard stated that two of the teeth Tapped little
This morning she was aided in identification by
a small, sharp-pointed side tooth. which was OF
peculiar formation. She wept and sobbed, and
murmured the name of her long absent daugh
ter.
The father was not so positive. He said he
did not know hardly what to say. The sister
had measurements taken of the height of the
dead woman and it correspondent with her own.
There was difference in the measurements Of
the bare skull of the dead and of the living, and
the sister thought the head looked larger than
that of her twin sister.
The authorities had placed much hope that the
fragments of clothing would aid in the dentiA-
cation, and they were brought out and shown
| to the mother. She promptly settled that point
F.! by saying that none of the pieces belonged to
| any clothing ever worn by her daughter She
| examined the goods closely, and pronounced it
such as is usually worn as overalls. This started
| new theory There were present a number of
men who had known Amer Green, who is sup
| posed to have made way with Lou Mabbitt, and
some OF them thought they recognized in the
pieces of cloth remnants of a pair of overalls
| formerly worn by Green. There is also piece
| of cloth, evidently piece of pantaloonings
| upon which there is button. It is the
theory of that Green killed the girl and
weighted her down, using the overalls with
which to lash the body to some weights.
| The deputy sheriff Of Clinton county came
over this morning, bringing with him the pieces
of clothing found a few days after the disappear
! ance of Lou Mabbtt. These are the upper por-
ton Of her chemise and dress, and were found
| neatly tucked together in the of the
| fence near where Amos Green was seen sitting
| on the morning after the girl left. The mother
| and family recognized the pieces, and the
| mother called attention to particular patch on
| the garment. She was overcome at the sight OF
these clothes, for the mothers heart still fondly
| hoped that perhaps her daughter was yet living.
| She could not handle the clothes hut was much
affected. She had never before seen them.
Mr. and Mrs. William Walker were brought
down this morning by the sheriff. Mrs Walker
was the room mate of the missing girl She it
| was who called to Lou to come down and see
| Green; she it was who walked away with
| Walker that fatal night leaving her sister
and Green conyersing at the gate; she it was
who returned with Walker few minutes after.
| nd hat nd Inn
gone. Walker remained there until near
morning, and though the girl did not
come back during the night, neither Of
them thought the circumstance of sufficient
Importance to notify the father and
mother, or to express the fear that aught Of
evil had befalen them. Their examination is
awaited with much interest for, justly un-
Justly not few believe that Walker or his wife
they have since been married) can throw some
light in on the present gloom. Walker does not
visit the Mabbitts. Mrs. NJ, in her testimony
last night, said that she forbade him the house;
that. although he was the husband of her
daughter, yet she had no more respect or feeling
for him than she did for Green, who, she firmly
believed, had murdered Louella
Tonight Cynthia Walker, sister of Lou Nab
bits was examined by the coroner and recog-
nized the piece of clothing found in Clinton
county as being portions Of the chemise and
dress worn by her sister the night she left. She
also recognized the pieces Of pants goods. or
overas, found on the dead body as being SINH
lar to the pants goods worn by Green This was
impressed on her mind because her sister and
herself had joked about these particular goods
Two other witnesses identified the pieces Of
overalis as being like goods worn by Green. The
| post revealed no wounds or evidences of
violence, and the doctors express tho opinion
that the girl was stranged and thrown into the
creek, the overalls being weighted and used to
hold the body down. The conviction is almost
universal that the body is that of Miss Mabbite.
The parents returned home to- night. The couu.
ties Of Glass; Carroll. Howard and Tippecanoe
should offer reward for Green